Quick! it's clear...

well, it was last night.
Managed to bag a few deepsky objects using my Takahashi. Here is the first M45; 51Min worth of 30sec subs, darks,flats & bias applied. Processed in DSS and CS5:-

And here is the Perseus double open cluster NGC 884 & NGC 869.

Also NGC752, to the right are a high number of galaxies, but they wouldn't be seen in this almost test frame of only 17 x 30sec frames. Bah!

The Moon, Venus and the Pleiades... & Mercury.

and the Moon, Venus & Mercury below.

M45 - Pleiades 1st Oct 2008

First light, quick process of M45 from last night. 25 x 1 minute subs @ 1600 ISO
It could do with a lot more data.

The Moon & Pleiades composition 7th Aug 2007